father confessor

noun

, Ecclesiastical.

1. confessor ( def 2 ).

father confessor

noun

1. Christianity a priest who hears confessions and advises on religious or moral matters
2. any person to whom one tells private matters

Example Sentences

Once described by the New York Times as a “father confessor to French socialism,” Mr. Daniel was one of his country’s most prominent journalists for more than half a century — from the Algerian war for independence in the 1950s and early 1960s to the U.S.-led invasion of Iraq in 2003 that strained relations between the French and American governments.

From Washington Post

Are they really lovers or is the much older David more of a father confessor for Imogen?

From New York Times

Why the speaker chose to make repeated and specific criticisms of the Squad during a sit-down interview with New York Times columnist Maureen Dowd, a noted specialist in the kind of dishy, backstabbing, pseudo-psychological reporting that can rightfully be described with an adjective rhyming with “itchy,” only Pelosi and her father confessor know.

From Salon

That’s clearly true in the larger, thematic, history-repeats-itself scheme of things, and for reasons best known to his shrink or his father confessor, Giuliani has now enslaved himself to the Trump agenda, Gríma Wormtongue-style.

From Salon

Right now, John Hurt can be seen in Jackie, opposite Natalie Portman as the newly widowed Mrs Kennedy’s father confessor.

From The Guardian